Norwegian named the ‘World’s Best Low-Cost Long-Haul Airline’ for the second consecutive year and ‘Best Low-Cost Airline in Europe’ for the fourth year in a row at the renowned Skytrax World Airline Awards.

Norwegian has signed an agreement to lease two new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners to be delivered in spring 2018. With this new agreement, the company’s long-haul fleet will consist of 42 Dreamliners by 2020. Norwegian also exercises 8 of its 100 Boeing 737 MAX8 purchase options.

Service to London, England, Norwegian’s fourth nonstop destination from Las Vegas, begins on October 31. Service to Oslo, Norway begins in November, while service to Copenhagen, Denmark, and Stockholm, Sweden, began last November.

Increased demand from both business and leisure passengers contributed to Norwegian’s growth in March. The company carried almost 2.2 million passengers this month, an increase of 27 per cent compared to March last year. The load factor was 87.9 per cent, up 3.7 percentage points.

Norwegian carried 244,000 more passengers in February. Production growth, high load factor and increased passenger growth had a positive effect on Norwegian’s February traffic figures. The company carried almost 1.9 million passengers in February, an increase of 15 percent compared to February last year. The load factor was 85.6 percent, up 0.8 percentage points.